ML20147F782
| ML20147F782 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 03/06/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20147F764 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-1151-97-01, 70-1151-97-1, NUDOCS 9703270201 | |
| Download: ML20147F782 (2) | |
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t NOTICE OF VIOLATION Westinghouse Electric Corporation Docket No.
70 1151 Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division License No.
SNM 1107 During an NRC inspection ct
.cted on February 3 6, 1997, violations of NRC requirements were identifie4 In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:
i A.
Safety Condition No. S 1 of Special Nuclear Material License Number 1107 requires that material be used in accordance with statements.
representations, and conditions in the License Application dated 4
April 30, 1995, and supplements thereto.
Section 3.4.1 of the Application requires that operations to assure safe, compliant activities involving nuclear material will be conductec in accordance with approved procedures.
Regulatory Affairs Procedure RA 203, General HP Rules and Recommendations, Revision (Rev.) 15, dated November 9, 1995, states, in part, that "The use of chewing gum, food products and tobacco products is strictly forbidden in all chemical areas as well as outside aroduction areas where uranium bearing materials and/or containers may 3e handled, and on the roof."
Contrary to the above, chewing gum and food products were used in the chemical area as evidenced by discarded chewing gum and candy wrappers found in the chemical area on February 4,1997.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VI).
B.
10 CFR 71.12(c)(2) requires the licensee to comply with the terms and conditions of the NRC license, certificate, or other approval, as a)plicable, and the applicable requirements of Subpar +s A. G, and H of t1is part.
Condition 10(d) of NRC Certificate Number 9239, Rev. a. for Jackage Model Nos. MCC 3, MCC-4, and MCC-5 requires the packages to 3e maintained in accordance with the Maintenance Program in the supplement dated May 12, 1992.
The Maintenance Program specified in the supplement dated May 12, 1992 required, in part, on a periodic basis (every five years) that the fuel shipping containers be inspected for the following:
(1) verify the existing configuration to drawing recuirements and (2) conduct a detailed visual inspection on the gacolinium absorber plates to verify that (a) no more than seven square inches total area of coating is missing; (b) no single area greater than one square inch of coating is missing: and (c) the coating is not flaking off or blistering.
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Contrary to the above, on February 3, 1997, two model MCC fuel shipping containers (M140 and M230) were used to ship unirradiated fuel and the containers had not been reinspected within the past five years in accordance with the Maintenance Program in the May 12, 1992 supplement.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement V).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Westinghouse Electric Corporation i
is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U. S. Nuclear Regulacory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and Chief, Fuel Facilities Branch, Region II, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further 4
violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Your response may reference or include previously docketed correspondence if the correspondence adequately addresses the required res>onse.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in t11s Notice, an order or Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be i
modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be 3 roper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will >e given to extending the response time.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia This 6th day of March, 1997